Democrats agree Obama not ready to be President

[007]

Yeah, but Obama's smart and competent...unlike Bush. And I suspect he'll surround himself with very smart, good, capable people... unlike Bush.

Oh... you mean like the frothing at the mouth racists wright and fledger, and the unrepentant terrorist bomber ayers who wished he'd have bombed more stuff, or maybe the slum lord now convicted rezko? Yeah... great bunch of "smart, *GOOD*, capable people" to surround yourself with.

 

[dilloduck]

Yeah, but Obama's smart and competent...unlike Bush. And I suspect he'll surround himself with very smart, good, capable people... unlike Bush.

Smart and competant? Based on what ? A few speeches ??? See the problem is that you have to SUSPECT who he will surround himself with because you have no clue what this guy will do. If we are to judge by the people he has surrounded himself with in the past we are screwed.

 

[jreeves]

Perhaps you just don't listen to what he says. He was actually quite candid in acknowledging that he has little knowledge of economics.

McCain told

To the best of McCain's economic knowledge - 2008 Presidential Campaign Blog - Political Intelligence - Boston.com

Although, of course, like every other honest thing McCain says, he backtracked away from it when asked about it by Tim Russert. So I'll stick with the guy who was Editor of the Harvard Law Review and lectures on Constitutional Law and has a contemplative style as opposed to the guy who was something like three up from the bottom of his class, doesn't understand economics and doesn't know the difference between shi'a and sunni so he can't figure out who's on what side. Thanks.

Besides throwing out blinded partisan drivel, please tell me which economic policies you find shows MCcain's troubles in grasping economic principles?


If you wold like I could list a ton of Obama's troubles.

 

[jreeves]

Besides throwing out blinded partisan drivel, please tell me which economic policies you find shows MCcain's troubles in grasping economic principles?


If you wold like I could list a ton of Obama's troubles.

Excuse me, here are his economic proposals.


John McCain 2008 - John McCain for President

 

[jreeves]

It's pretty much a sure thing that anything Obama has to say will be better than what's on my "George W. Bush Out of Office Countdown" Calendar for today's date:



(GWB, Florida, June 2001).

As opposed to;

ANTOIN REZKO: "Tony" Rezko is a businessman who has helped raise campaign money for Obama and many other Illinois politicians. He was convicted Wednesday on 16 of 24 counts involving mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering and aiding and abetting bribery.

The charges have no connection to Obama, but Rezko is tied to the Illinois senator in other ways.

Rezko and his family donated at least $21,457 to Obama and helped raise over $200,000 more, though not for his presidential bid. He also advised Obama on the purchase of a new Chicago home and, in his wife's name, purchased a vacant lot next door to the new Obama home when the seller wanted to dispose of both properties at the same time. Rezko then sold a slice of the property to Obama.

Obama has donated Rezko's contributions to charity and says it was a mistake to work with Rezko on buying the house.

WILLIAM AYERS: Today, Ayers is a university professor and a member of Chicago's intellectual establishment. Forty years ago he was a member of the Weather Underground, a radical group that claimed responsibility for a series of bombings, including nonfatal explosions at the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol.

Ayers was a fugitive for years with his wife, fellow radical Bernadine Dohrn. But after surrendering in 1980, the charges against Ayers were dropped because of prosecutorial misconduct.

Obama has a very limited relationship with Ayers, who lives in the same neighborhood. They served together on the board of a Chicago charity, and in the mid-1990s when Obama first ran for office, Ayers hosted a meet-the-candidate session for Obama at his home.

Questioned about Ayers at a debate in April, Obama said, "The notion that somehow as a consequence of me knowing somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago when I was eight years old, somehow reflects on me and my values doesn't make much sense."

EMIL JONES: Jones, the president of the Illinois Senate, amounts to Obama's political godfather and was an important part of Obama's longshot victory for U.S. Senate in 2004. He helped the little-known politician meet the right people, and he picked Obama to handle high-profile legislation during the two years leading up to the election.

But Jones' political style is very different from Obama's.

Jones is known for steering state money to a few favored institutions, including some that employ his relatives. Several of his relatives have gotten state jobs, and his wife's government salary jumped 60 percent after he became Senate president. He has played an important role in blocking ethics legislation in Illinois.

RASHID KHALIDI: Khalidi is a scholar and author on Middle Eastern affairs who has criticized Israeli policies and was part of a Palestinian advisory panel to peace talks in the early 1990s.

He's also a friend of Obama.

They met while both were teaching at the University of Chicago and living in the same neighborhood. Obama and his wife sometimes had dinner with Khalidi and his wife, Mona. The Khalidis hosted a political fundraiser for Obama in 2000, and the Woods Fund charity gave money to the Arab-American Action Network, run by Mona Khalidi, while Obama served on the charity's board.

Khalidi and Obama have both said they hold very different opinions on Israeli issues, but their friendship has been used to raise questions about Obama's support for Israel — and to generate Internet headlines such as "Meet Obama's Terrorist Friend."

MICHAEL PFLEGER: Pfleger, the white leader of a mostly black Catholic parish in Chicago, has been known as a firebrand for years. He protests everything from gun shops to Jerry Springer. Obama has referred to him as a spiritual adviser.

Recently, he visited Obama's church and preached a sermon in which he mocked Hillary Clinton and accused her of expecting to win the presidential nomination because she was white. Pfleger apologized, but Obama condemned the remarks and resigned from the church.

Obama was not nearly as close to Pfleger as he was to Wright, but now he's likely to face questions about his relationship with both men.

MICHELLE OBAMA: His wife has been a valuable campaigner for Obama, but she has also stepped into controversy from time to time.

She served on the board of TreeHouse, a food company that did business with Wal-Mart, which Obama has often criticized. She resigned from the paid position, citing a lack of time.

Most significantly, she said at one Obama campaign appearance, "For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback." She later said she meant she was proud of the way Americans were participating in the political process — not that she had never been proud of America before.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h_a0bNjWz21hdwpTcoeXgG8BYgFQD91453A0B

Her comments contributed to Internet broadsides arguing that the Obamas don't love the country and somehow aren't "true" Americans.

 

[007]

Great post jreeves, but you forgot this frothing at the mouth racist, one of hussein's best friends, confidants, uncles, mentor, all that good stuff. Hussein has been at this guys alter for TWENTY YEARS listening to this...

[ame="http://youtube.com/watch?v=8M-kD0QdRJk"]reverend wright.[/ame]